2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election


The 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 2022. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 17. All 100 seats of the house were up for election. Republicans increased their majority in the chamber, gaining five seats.
A numbered map of the house districts can be viewed .

Retiring incumbents

A total of 14 representatives retired, three of whom ran for other offices.

Democratic

  1. 34th: Mary Lou Marzian : Retired.
  2. 38th: McKenzie Cantrell : Retired to unsuccessfully run for the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
  3. 41st: Attica Scott : Retired to unsuccessfully run for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district.
  4. 44th: Joni Jenkins : Retired.
  5. 75th: Kelly Flood : Retired.
  6. 79th: Susan Westrom : Retired.

Republican

  1. 15th: Melinda Gibbons Prunty : Retired.
  2. 17th: Steve Sheldon : Retired.
  3. 21st: Bart Rowland : Retired.
  4. 25th: Jim DuPlessis : Retired.
  5. 36th: Jerry T. Miller : Retired.
  6. 50th: Chad McCoy : Retired.
  7. 68th: Joseph Fischer : Retired to unsuccessfully run for the Kentucky Supreme Court.
  8. 82nd: Regina Bunch : Retired.

Incumbents defeated

Six incumbents lost renomination in the primary election and five incumbents lost reelection in the general election.

In the primary election

Democrats

One Democrat lost renomination.
  1. 30th: Tom Burch lost renomination to Daniel Grossberg, who won the general election.

Republicans

Five Republicans lost renomination.
  1. 12th: Lynn Bechler lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Jim Gooch, who won the general election.
  2. 60th: Sal Santoro lost renomination to Marianne Proctor, who won the general election.
  3. 66th: C. Ed Massey lost renomination to Steve Rawlings, who won the general election.
  4. 69th: Adam Koenig lost renomination to Steven Doan, who won the general election.
  5. 97th: Norma Kirk-McCormick lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Bobby McCool, who won the general election.

In the general election

Democrats

Five Democrats lost reelection to Republicans.
  1. 20th: Patti Minter lost to Kevin Jackson.
  2. 28th: Charles Miller lost to Jared Bauman.
  3. 37th: Jeffery Donohue lost to Emily Callaway.
  4. 65th: Buddy Wheatley lost to Stephanie Dietz.
  5. 94th: Angie Hatton lost to Jacob Justice.

Republicans

No Republicans lost reelection.

Summary by district

Certified results by the Kentucky Secretary of State are available online for the and .

Crossover seats

Seven districts voted for one party in the 2020 presidential election and another in the 2020 house election. Following the redistricting of the house, an additional six incumbents represented districts which had voted for the other party for president in 2020, while three of the seven representatives in crossover seats now represented a district which had voted for the same party for president.

Democratic

Eight districts voted for Donald Trump in 2020 but had Democratic incumbents:

Republican

Two districts voted for Joe Biden in 2020 but had Republican incumbents:

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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Special elections

District 51 special

Michael Pollock was elected in November 2021 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Carney in July 2021.

District 89 special

Timmy Truett was elected in November 2021 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Goforth in August 2021.

District 42 special

Keturah Herron was elected in February 2022 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Reginald Meeks in December 2021.

District 1

Incumbent representative Steven Rudy won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Christopher Tucker.

Republican primary

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  • Steven Rudy, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Christopher Tucker

District 2

Incumbent representative Richard Heath won reelection, defeating write-in candidate Kimberly Holloway.

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District 3

Incumbent representative Randy Bridges won reelection unopposed.

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District 4

Incumbent representative Lynn Bechler was redistricted to the 12th district and was succeeded by D. Wade Williams.

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  • Byron Hobgood

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District 5

Incumbent representative Mary Beth Imes won reelection unopposed.

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District 6

Incumbent representative Chris Freeland won reelection unopposed.

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District 7

Incumbent representative Suzanne Miles won reelection unopposed.

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District 8

Incumbent representative Walker Thomas won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

Democratic primary

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  • Pam Dossett

Republican primary

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  • Walker Thomas, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Larry Curling

District 9

Incumbent representative Myron Dossett won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Bianca Crockam.

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  • Bianca Crockam

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District 10

Incumbent representative Josh Calloway won reelection, defeating write-in candidate John Whipple.

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District 11

Incumbent representative Jonathan Dixon won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Velvet Dowdy.

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  • Velvet Dowdy

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District 12

Incumbent representative Jim Gooch was challenged for the Republican nomination by representative Lynn Bechler, who had been redistricted from the 4th district. Gooch defeated Bechler and Democratic candidate Alan Lossner in the general election.

Democratic primary

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  • Alan Lossner

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  • Jim Gooch, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Lynn Bechler, representative from the 4th district

District 13

Incumbent representative DJ Johnson won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Michael Johnson.

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  • Michael Johnson

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District 14

Incumbent representative Scott Lewis won reelection unopposed.

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District 15

Incumbent representative Melinda Gibbons Prunty did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Republican Rebecca Raymer.

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  • Britt Hernandez-Stevenson

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District 16

Incumbent representative Jason Petrie won reelection unopposed.

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District 17

Incumbent representative Steve Sheldon did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Robert Duvall.

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District 18

Incumbent representative Samara Heavrin won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Jacob Clark.

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  • Samara Heavrin, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Jacob Clark

District 19

Incumbent representative Michael Meredith won reelection unopposed.

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District 20

Incumbent representative Patti Minter was defeated for reelection by Republican Kevin Jackson.

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District 21

Incumbent representative Bart Rowland did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Amy Neighbors.

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  • Amy Neighbors
    Eliminated in primary
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Terry Dubree
  • Joshua Ellis
  • Daniel Glass

District 22

Incumbent representative Shawn McPherson won reelection unopposed.

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District 23

Incumbent representative Steve Riley won reelection unopposed.

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District 24

Incumbent representative Brandon Reed won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

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  • Keith Pruitt
    Eliminated in primary
  • John Pennington

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District 25

Incumbent representative Jim DuPlessis did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Steve Bratcher.

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  • Katherine Leonard

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District 26

Incumbent representative Russell Webber won reelection unopposed.

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District 27

Incumbent representative Nancy Tate won reelection unopposed.

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District 28

Incumbent representative Charles Miller was defeated for reelection by Republican Jared Bauman.

Democratic primary

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  • Charles Miller, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Almaria Baker

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District 29

Incumbent representative Kevin Bratcher won reelection, defeating write-in candidate Ann Sermersheim.

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District 30

Incumbent Democratic representative Tom Burch was defeated for renomination by Daniel Grossberg.

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District 31

Incumbent representative Josie Raymond was redistricted to the 41st district and was succeeded by Republican Susan Tyler Witten.

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  • Sue Foster
    Eliminated in primary
  • Derek Penwell

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District 32

Incumbent representative Tina Bojanowski won reelection unopposed.

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District 33

Incumbent representative Jason Nemes won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Kate Turner.

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  • Kate Turner

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District 34

Incumbent representative Mary Lou Marzian did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Democrat Sarah Stalker.

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District 35

Incumbent representative Lisa Willner won reelection unopposed.

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District 36

Incumbent representative Jerry T. Miller did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican John Hodgson.

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  • John Hodgson
    Eliminated in primary
  • Richard Crawford
  • David Howser

District 37

Incumbent representative Jeffery Donohue was defeated for reelection by Republican Emily Callaway.

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District 38

Incumbent representative McKenzie Cantrell retired from the house to run for the Kentucky Court of Appeals. She was succeeded by Democrat Rachel Roarx.

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  • Charles Breitenbach

District 39

Incumbent representative Matt Lockett won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Gwendolyn Mitchell.

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  • Gwendolyn Mitchell

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District 40

Incumbent representative Nima Kulkarni won reelection unopposed.

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District 41

Incumbent representative Attica Scott retired from the house to unsuccessfully run for congress. She was succeeded by representative Josie Raymond, who had been redistricted from the 31st district.

Democratic primary

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  • Josie Raymond, representative from the 31st district
    Eliminated in primary
  • Darryl Young

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  • Carrie Sanders McKeehan
    Eliminated in primary
  • Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell
  • Bryan Shepherd

District 42

Incumbent representative Keturah Herron, who was first elected in [|a February special election], won reelection unopposed.

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District 43

Incumbent representative Pamela Stevenson won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Robert LeVertis Bell.

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  • Pamela Stevenson, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Robert LeVertis Bell

District 44

Incumbent representative and house minority leader Joni Jenkins did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Democrat Beverly Chester-Burton.

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District 45

Incumbent representative Killian Timoney won reelection unopposed.

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District 46

Incumbent representative Al Gentry won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge.

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  • Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge

District 47

Incumbent representative Felicia Rabourn won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Kimberly Browning.

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  • Kimberly Browning

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District 48

Incumbent representative Ken Fleming won reelection in a rematch with former representative Maria Sorolis, who he had defeated for reelection in 2020.

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District 49

Incumbent representative Thomas Huff won reelection unopposed.

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District 50

Incumbent representative Chad McCoy did not seek reelection. He was succeeded by Republican Candy Massaroni.

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District 51

Incumbent representative Michael Pollock, who was first elected in [|a November 2021 special election], won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Jennifer Wheeler.

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  • Jennifer Wheeler

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District 52

Incumbent representative Ken Upchurch won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Othel King.

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  • Ken Upchurch, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Othel King

District 53

Incumbent representative James Tipton won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Dustin Burley.

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  • Dustin Burley

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District 54

Incumbent representative Daniel Elliott won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Elaine Wilson-Reddy.

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  • Elaine Wilson-Reddy

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District 55

Incumbent representative Kim King won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Tony Wheatley.

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  • Kim King, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Tony Wheatley

District 56

Incumbent representative Daniel Fister won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Grayson Vandegrift.

Democratic primary

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  • Grayson Vandegrift
    Eliminated in primary
  • Ben Nolan

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District 57

Incumbent representative Derrick Graham won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Gary Stratton.

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  • Gary Stratton

District 58

Incumbent representative Jennifer Decker won reelection unopposed.

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District 59

Incumbent representative and speaker of the house David Osborne won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Bridgette Ehly.

Republican primary

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  • David Osborne, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Bridgette Ehly

District 60

Incumbent Republican representative Sal Santoro was defeated for renomination by Marianne Proctor.

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District 61

Incumbent representative Savannah Maddox won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

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  • Debby Angel

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  • Savannah Maddox, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Jarrod Lykins

District 62

Incumbent representative Phillip Pratt won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Michelle Nance.

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  • Phillip Pratt, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Michelle Nance

District 63

Incumbent representative Kim Banta won reelection unopposed.

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District 64

Incumbent representative Kimberly Poore Moser won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

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  • Anita Isaacs

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District 65

Incumbent representative Buddy Wheatley was defeated for reelection by Republican Stephanie Dietz.

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District 66

Incumbent Republican representative C. Ed Massey was defeated for renomination by Steve Rawlings.

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  • Tim Montgomery

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District 67

Incumbent representative Rachel Roberts won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Jerry Gearding.

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  • Jerry Gearding

District 68

Incumbent representative Joseph Fischer retired from the house to run for the Kentucky Supreme Court. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Clines.

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  • Kelly Jones

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District 69

Incumbent Republican representative Adam Koenig was defeated for renomination by Steven Doan.

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  • Chris Brown

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District 70

Incumbent representative William Lawrence won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Meagan Brannon.

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  • Meagan Brannon

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District 71

Incumbent representative Josh Bray won reelection unopposed.

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District 72

Incumbent representative Matthew Koch won reelection unopposed.

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District 73

Incumbent representative Ryan Dotson won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Thomas Adams.

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  • Thomas Adams
    Eliminated in primary
  • Rory Houlihan

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District 74

Incumbent representative David Hale won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Bennie Deskins.

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  • Bennie Deskins

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District 75

Incumbent representative Kelly Flood did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Democrat Lindsey Burke.

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District 76

Incumbent representative Ruth Ann Palumbo won reelection unopposed.

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District 77

Incumbent representative George Brown Jr. won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Terry Cunningham.

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  • Terry Cunningham

District 78

Incumbent representative Mark Hart won reelection unopposed.

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District 79

Incumbent representative Susan Westrom did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Democrat Chad Aull.

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  • Chad Aull
    Eliminated in primary
  • Justin Bramhall

District 80

Incumbent representative David Meade won reelection unopposed.

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District 81

Incumbent representative Deanna Frazier won reelection unopposed.

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District 82

Incumbent representative Regina Bunch did not seek reelection. She was succeeded by Republican Nick Wilson.

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District 83

Incumbent representative Josh Branscum won reelection unopposed.

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District 84

Incumbent representative Chris Fugate won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Theresa Combs.

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  • Theresa Combs

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District 85

Incumbent representative Shane Baker won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Bryon Vaught.

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  • Bryon Vaught

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District 86

Incumbent representative Tom Smith won reelection, defeating primary election challenger Keith Dinsmore.

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  • Tom Smith, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Keith Dinsmore

District 87

Incumbent representative Adam Bowling won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Gary Smith.

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  • Gary Smith

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District 88

Incumbent representative Cherlynn Stevenson won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Jim Coleman.

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  • Jim Coleman

District 89

Incumbent representative Timmy Truett, who was first elected in a November 2021 special election, won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Brittany Oliver.

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  • Brittany Oliver

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District 90

Incumbent representative Derek Lewis won reelection unopposed.

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District 91

Incumbent representative Bill Wesley won reelection, defeating primary and general election challengers.

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  • Martina Jackson

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  • Bill Wesley, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Darrell Billings

District 92

Incumbent representative John Blanton won reelection unopposed.

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District 93

Redistricting moved the 93rd district from eastern Kentucky to Lexington. Incumbent representative Norma Kirk-McCormick was redistricted to the 97th district and was succeeded by Democrat Lamin Swann.

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  • Kyle Whalen

District 94

Incumbent representative Angie Hatton was defeated for reelection by Republican Jacob Justice.

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District 95

Incumbent representative Ashley Tackett Laferty won reelection, defeating Republican candidate Brandon Spencer.

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  • Brandon Spencer, representative from the 95th district
    Eliminated in primary
  • David Pennington

District 96

Incumbent representative Patrick Flannery won reelection unopposed.

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District 97

Incumbent representative Bobby McCool was challenged for the Republican nomination by representative Norma Kirk-McCormick, who had been redistricted from the 93rd district.

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District 98

Incumbent representative Danny Bentley won reelection, defeating primary election challenger James Campbell.

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  • Danny Bentley, incumbent representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • James Campbell

District 99

Incumbent representative Richard White won reelection, defeating Democratic candidate Kevin Anderson.

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  • Kevin Anderson
    Eliminated in primary
  • Edward Frazier

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District 100

Incumbent representative Scott Sharp won reelection, defeating write-in candidate Deborah Criss.

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